What is nanotechnology and why does it matter? : from science to ethics
- Title
- What is nanotechnology and why does it matter? : from science to ethics / Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin, and Daniel Moore.
- Published by
- Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Author
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- Description
- x, 293 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? provides a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology and the social and ethical issues that come from it. Divided into three sections, the book starts with a substantial introduction to the science of nanotechnology, then attends to basic issues and principles such as risk and regulations needed to evaluate nanotechnology's impact, with the final section closely examining some of the most important areas of application, such as environmental, privacy, military, medical and enhancement, as well as their ethical and social implications."--pub. desc.
- Subject
- Contents
- What is nanotechnolohy? -- The basics of nanotechnology -- Tools of the trade -- Nanomaterials -- Applied nanotechnology -- Risk, regulation, and fairness -- Risk and precaution -- Regulating nanotechnology -- Equity and access -- Ethical and social implications -- Environment -- Military -- Privacy -- Medicine -- Human enhancement -- Conclusion.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.